Some community or country-club facilities have many bocce courts, not all of which are fully used. It can’t hurt to approach the administrator(s) of the facility about re-purposing one of the bocce courts as a petanque court. The worst that can happen is that they say NO.

Places NOT to play

An unused and abandoned bocce court can make a great petanque terrain. The same is true of an abandoned clay tennis court, an old baseball infield, or a running track at a closed school. But be careful and be considerate. Bombarding a patch of ground with metal petanque balls will damage it for its original purpose. So use such facilities only if they are CLEARLY abandoned and no longer used for their original purpose. Don’t assume that a facility is unused simply because YOU never see it being used. If it is clean and in good repair, it is probably being used by somebody.